Glamorgan dismiss Lancashire for 123 at Colwyn Bay

The Welsh county made one change to their team which defeated Worcestershire at Cardiff with John Glover replacing the injured Graham Wagg. Glover duly took the new ball with Michael Hogan and the latter struck with his second ball as Paul Horton was bowled shouldering arms. Luke Procter then struck the day's first boundary as he pulled Hogan to the ropes at square-leg, but the Australian struck again as he bowled Karl Brown in his fourth over.

With the scoreboard reading 14/2, Ashwell Prince joined Procter who then found the ropes again as he punched Glover through extra cover. Procter added another couple of boundaries to his tally in the next over from Glover with the first off the middle to mid-wicket and the second off an edge to fine-leg. He then on-drove Hogan for four before Mike Reed and Jim Allenby bowled in tandem, with Prince deftly leg-glancing both of the change bowlers.

Prince saw Lancashire to the 50-mark as he on-drove Allenby for three, but the bowler then saw Glamorgan secure their first bowling point as he trapped Procter leg before. 54/3 swiftly became 54/4 as Reed also had an l.b.w. appeal upheld against Prince. The tall bowler nearly gained another scalp in his next couple of overs but a pair of edges from Steven Croft's bat evaded the expectant slip cordon. However, with the total on 66, Croft miscued a pull against Reed and Murray Goodwin took a good catch diving at snort mid-wicket.

Indeed, it was Glover who returned to the attack after lunch at the Penrhyn Avenue End and helped to further prune the Red Rose batting as the young seamer took 3/2 in the space of nine balls. In his second over he removed Gareth Cross as another l.b.w. appeal was upheld before four balls later, Katich edged to wicket-keeper Mark Wallace as Lancashire slipped further to 97/7. Glen Chapple duly brought up the hundred as he edged Hogan through the slip cordon, but on 103, Glover struck again as Kyle Hogg became another l.b.w. victim.

Without further addition, Hogan removed Chapple who edged to Allenby at slip. Jimmy Anderson and Simon Kerrigan then offered some stout resistance, ekeing out twenty runs in a dozen overs until Marcus North, with his second ball, induced an edge from the latter with Allenby completing the catch at slip as Lancashire's innings ended on 123.

Will Bragg and Ben Wright then began Glamorgan's reply and watchfully guided the Welsh county to 7/0, with the former clipping Anderson to square-leg for four.

Jimmy Anderson struck in the first over after tea as Wright edged to wicket-keeper Gareth Cross with the total on 12. Stewart Walters began in assertive vein clipping Chapple to mid-wicket and working Anderson behind square on the leg-side, but his stay at the crease ended six overs later as he was bowled by Anderson. With the total on 36/2, Marcus North joined Bragg, and he announced his arrival at the crease with a coruscating cover drive for four against Chapple.

Bragg duly struck Anderson off the back foot through extra cover for four, before North off-drove and leg-glanced Kyle Hogg in successive balls. Bragg also nonchalantly on-drove Hogg to the ropes in front of the pavilion before steering Luke Procter through backward point to further whittle away at the deficit. But with the total on 82, Simon Kerrigan's spin was introduced and he ended Bragg's stay at the crease as another l.b.w. appeal was upheld.

Murray Goodwin duly joined North and immediately opened his account by cutting his first ball to the pavilion ropes. Anderson then returned at the Penrhyn Avenue and secured another l.b.w. victim as North departed for 22 as he propped forward to the England fast bowler. Jim Allenby then joined Goodwin and saw Glamorgan through to the close without any further alarms.